Chennai, Feb. 15 -- BJP leader CR Kesavan on Sunday criticised Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, stating that his "dangerous" and "desperate" attempts to mislead the farmers will go in vain, amid the opposition's backlash at the India-US interim trade deal.

Speaking to ANI, he called Gandhi the "Joseph Goebbels" of Indian politics, outlining that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has protected and secured the interests of the country and its people.

"Rahul Gandhi is the Joseph Goebbels of Indian politics, and his dirty tricks and tactics of fear-mongering and peddling wholesale lies about the India-US trade agreement have no takers... His desperate and dangerous attempts to deviously try and mislead and misinform our far...